This Is Me (Climie Fisher song)
{{short description|1986 single by Climie Fisher}}
{{Infobox song
| name = This Is Me
| cover = File:Climie Fisher This Is Me 1988.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 1988 UK cover
| type = single
| artist = Climie Fisher
| album = Everything
| B-side = Far Across the Water
| released = * {{start date|1986|08|df=yes}}
- {{start date|1988|05|9|df=yes}} (re-release){{cite magazine|date=7 May 1988|title=News|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51805011247/in/album-72177720295797694/|magazine=Record Mirror|page=4|access-date=28 February 2023|via=Flickr}}
| format =
| recorded = 1986
| studio = The Town House, London
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=46}}
| label = EMI
| writer = * Simon Climie
| producer = Steve Lillywhite
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| year = 1986
| next_title = Love Changes (Everything)
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Climie Fisher
| type = single
| prev_title = Love Changes (Everything) (remix)
| prev_year = 1988
| title = This is Me
| year = 1988
| next_title = I Won't Bleed for You
| next_year = 1988
}}
}}
"This Is Me" is a song by British pop duo Climie Fisher, originally released in August 1986 as their debut single, but did not break the top 100. After the success of "Rise to the Occasion" and "Love Changes (Everything)", it was re-released in May 1988 and charted at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. The song features backing vocals by Kirsty MacColl. The music video was directed by Dieter Trattmann and shot at the Albert Wharf Studios in London.{{cite magazine |date=21 May 1988 |title=Video News |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-05-21.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |page=5 |access-date=28 February 2023}}
Reception
Reviewing the song for Record Mirror in 1988, Chris Twomey wrote that it "lacks the hooky qualities that made 'Love Changes' an eventual winner. Treading perilously close to Chicago territory here".{{cite journal|title=45|journal=Record Mirror|date=14 May 1988|page=29|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/48907702488/in/album-72157711361149642/|via=flickr.com|accessdate=14 November 2020}} Richard Lowe for Smash Hits described the song as "an unremarkable "classy" pop single. The tune's all present and correct, there's a dinky little piano bit that runs all the way through it and has a hugely whistleable "hook", and it's bound to be a very big hit. It's not very exciting though…".{{cite magazine|title=Review Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=18–31 May 1988|page=63|url=https://sites.google.com/site/smashhitsremembered43/247---18th---31st-may-1988|via=sites.google.com|accessdate=14 November 2020}}
Track listings
7":
- "This Is Me" – 3:46
- "Far Across the Water" – 4:15
12": (UK, 1986)
- "This Is Me" (Extended) – 6:25
- "This Is Me" (7" Version) – 3:46
- "Far Across the Water" – 4:15
12": (UK and Europe, 1986)
- "This Is Me" – 8:56
- "This Is Me" – 3:46
- "Far Across the Water" – 4:15
12": (UK and Europe, 1988)
- "This Is Me" ('This Is It' Mix) – 7:38
- "This Is Me" – 3:48
- "Far Across the Water" – 4:28
CD: (UK 1988)
- "This Is Me" (7" Version)
- "Far Across the Water"
- "This Is Me" (12" Version)
- "Love Changes (Everything)"
Personnel
- Simon Climie – vocals
- Rob Fisher – keyboards
- Kirsty MacColl – backing vocals
- Neil Taylor – guitar
- Pino Palladino – bass guitar
- David Palmer – drums
- Luís Jardim – additional percussion
- Alan Douglas – engineer
Charts
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!Chart (1986) !Peak |
scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine |url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/11007390-uk-singles-charts-1986-including-chart-panel-sales |title=Gallup Top 200 Singles |magazine=Gallup |date=27 September 1986 |via=ukmix.org |access-date=6 December 2022}}
|106 |
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!Chart (1988–89) !Peak |
scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{Cite web|title=1989 - the chart year in review|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/01/1989-chart-year-in-review.html|access-date=2022-02-11|language=en-GB}}
|128 |
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{{single chart|Flanders|26|artist=Climie Fisher|song=This Is Me|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Germany|60|artist=Climie Fisher|song=This Is Me|songid=26366|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Ireland2|12|song=This Is Me|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Dutch100|34|artist=Climie Fisher|song=This Is Me|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|New Zealand|43|artist=Climie Fisher|song=This Is Me|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|22|artist=Climie Fisher|rowheader=true|refname="UK"}} |